News | April 10, 2007

Data Protection: Leading Industrial Cleaning Company, GSF, Selects Atempo CDP Technology For PC Data Protection

Atempo, Inc.,the provider of cross-platform data protection and archiving solutions, recently announced that GSF, one of the leader in industrial and commercial cleaning solutions, chose Atempo LiveBackup for continuous data protection of the company's laptops and desktops. GSF is a growing company, with over 21,000 employees in Europe and North America. With a rapidly growing population of laptops and desktops, GSF became increasingly concerned with protecting valuable business assets stored on laptop and desktop hard drives. Prior to deployment of LiveBackup, GSF identified problems with their backup solution, including bandwidth consumption and creating effective backup schedules.

GSF adopted LiveBackup based on the following critical features:

  • Transparency: GSF was looking for a solution that was easy to install and deploy but especially one that would be non-disruptive for the end-users. LiveBackup delivered an "anti-virus" like experience for GSF employees.
  • Continuous Data Protection: CDP technology freed GSF from their concerns of scheduled backups, especially for laptops where a workable schedule proved elusive.
  • Disaster Recovery: Unlike other solutions, LiveBackup pairs advanced data protection with full system protection. Bare-metal disaster recovery permits full, rapid recovery from lost or stolen laptops.

"This innovative approach of continuous data protection coupled with LiveBackup's ease of use, simple and centralized administration, and easy installation made our selection of this product a no-brainer," said Daniel Lutz, Chief Information Officer at GSF. "LiveBackup's CDP technology reduces data traffic, is fully transparent to users, and guarantees that data is protected in real-time."

Atempo LiveBackup is deployed on all GSF laptops and desktops dispersed across 90 sites in Europe. To date, LiveBackup protects 1.8 TB of PC data, mainly office data whose centralized management had to be easy. In the event of data loss, GSF employees can easily recover single files using LiveBackup's self-service file recovery wizard, this takes the burden off of the central IT department. In case of laptop theft or complete failure, the GSF IT department is able to restore PCs quickly, thanks to LiveBackup's DVD creation, with the full system configuration and all the data stored on the PC up to the moment before the problem occurred.

"Companies are increasingly aware of the value of data stored on laptops and desktops. GSF is benefiting from the CDP approach that Atempo LiveBackup brings to workstation protection," said François Gauthier, vice president, marketing and services at Atempo. "LiveBackup is the only true CDP solution on the market that provides real-time data protection for file and system data, in a transparent, automatic fashion."

About LiveBackup

Atempo LiveBackup provides completely transparent backup for Windows desktops and laptops in businesses ranging from a single location to global enterprises. The only true Continuous Data Protection solution available for workstations, LiveBackup works automatically without interfering with end-user productivity. LiveBackup provides self-serve file recovery, comprehensive disaster recovery tools, and operates in "lights out" mode requiring little IT supervision.

About Atempo

Atempo is a leading provider of comprehensive solutions for cross-platform data protection and archiving in the global enterprise. From large, centralized data centers and distributed enterprises to small remote offices, Atempo provides highly scalable backup and recovery, archiving, and security solutions for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, UNIX, iSeries, and all major databases and applications. For real-time data protection of laptops and desktops, Atempo's award-winning Continuous Data technology captures changes as they occur, allowing information to be recovered up to the moment of data loss or hardware failure. Atempo has more than 3,000 customers worldwide, with a sales and support network of global resellers. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., and has operations in Europe and Asia. Learn more about Atempo at: www.atempo.com.

SOURCE: Atempo, Inc.